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• In the total State Local Regular Property Taxes (home taxes) went up 111.2%! An annual growth rate of 7.8%, (blue line).

• Washington State is one of the 51 states in the United States. (The District of Columbia is included for ranking purposes.) Its 2000 population of 5,908,372 ranked 15th in the nation.
  Per Capita Personal Income (PCPI)
  Over the past 10 years the average annual growth rate of PCPI was 4.5%. The average annual growth rate for the total nation was 4.2%.
  The PCPI was $20,017 in 1990 ranking 16th in the United States.
  By 2000, the PCPI was $31,230 ranking 12th in the United States and was 106% of the national average, $29,469%.
• Total Personal Income (TPI)
  Over the past 10 years the average annual growth rate of TPI was 6.5%. The average annual growth rate nation wide was, 5.5%.
  In 1990, the TPI was $98,143,118* ranking 15th in the United States.
  By 2000, TPI was $184,517,693* ranking 14th in the State, 2.2% of the national total.
• COMPONENTS OF TOTAL PERSONAL INCOME (TPI)
  TPI includes the earnings (wages and salaries, other labor income, and proprietors's income); dividends, interest, and rent; and transfer payments received by county residents.
  Earnings were 68.3% of TPI in 1990. By 2000, earnings were 70.3% of TPI. Dividends, interest, and rent were 18% (compared with 19.9% in 1990); and transfer payments were 11.8% (compared with 11.8% in 1990).
  From 1990 to 2000, earnings increased on average 6.8% each year; dividends, interest, and rent increased on average 5.4%; and transfer payments increased on average 6.5%.

• EARNINGS BY INDUSTRY
  Earnings of persons employed in Washington increased from $70,240,428* in 1990 to $135,547,159* in 2000, an average annual growth rate of 6.8%.
  The largest industries in 2000 were services, 31.2% of earnings; state and local government, 11.6%; and durable goods manufacturing, 10.4%.
  In 1990, the largest industries were services, 22.3% of earnings; durable goods manufacturing, 14.7%; and state and local government, 12.6%.
  Of the industries that accounted for at least 5 percent of earnings in 2000, the slowest growing from 1990 to 2000 was durable goods manufacturing, which increased at an average annual rate of 3.1%; the fastest was services, which increased at an average annual rate of 10.4%.

* All income estimates with the exception of PCPI are in thousands of dollars.
County information furnished by Regional Economic Information System Bureau of Economic Analysis. (http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/bearfacts/bf10/53/index.htm)
Chart furnished by Washington State Office of Program Research.
(http://www.leg.wa.gov/house/opr/)

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